When to go
here's no wrong time of the year to visit Austria. There is sublime hiking between and , though you can expect snow on the high passes any earlier, and huts to be to , with some of the most reliable conditions from . and can be a great time to ski in Austria minus the crowds. in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz or Innsbruck is a magical period, thanks to its snow-dusted streets and Christmas markets. Equally, the long, balmy evenings in Vienna, when the cafés and bars spill out onto the cobbled streets and squares, are just as beautiful. Wildlife tends to be species-specific, with good for butterflies in the Hohe Tauern and best for seeing great bustards at Neusiedler See.
